January 2026 Minutes
SURFLEET PARISH COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Minutes of the parish meeting held on 6th January 2026 at St Laurence Church, Surfleet.
Present.
Councillors: Cllrs Alan Tokley (Chairman), Elizabeth Jones, James Lacey, Stephen Walker, Trevor Wright and Granville Hawkes (Clerk).
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Apologies for absence: Cllrs Godderidge & Caulfield Cllr Lacey declared a pecuniary interest in agenda item 8 re PL/0065/24 |
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Public Forum: No members present |
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Approve minutes of the previous meeting November 2025: The minutes had been circulated before the meeting, on the proposition of Cllr Lacey seconded by Cllr Tokley were agreed by all and signed by the Chairman as a true record. |
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Matters arising: The Clerk advised that Lincolnshire County Council were implementing a project to install interactive bus timetables in parish bus shelters. An invitation to tender for the cemetery grass contact had been sent to four contractors with a 1st February deadline for replies. |
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Highway matters: Cllr Lacey reported that a number of overgrown hedges had been reported on fix my street. Cllr Jones confirmed Stockhouse Lane parking remains an issue, she will provide photographic evidence to the Clerk. |
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Cemetery matters: No new issues. |
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Finance report: The Clerk reported the following cheques for issue, which members agreed, 101218 Clerk salary £ 540.24 101219 HMRC £ 91.60 101220 SHDC £ 308.88 vat £ 51.48
Bank balances Interest a/c £ 11,423 Current a/c £ 12,600 Cheques £ 940 Net balance £ 23,084 |
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Planning: The Clerk confirmed that planning applications have been actioned with comments reported to SHDC. Ref PL/0065/24 application from Naylor Farms for an Anaerobic digestor, members discussed this and agreed by resolution 4-0 with 1 abstention to object to this application. The Clerk will circulate comments. |
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Pylon consultations: The Clerk will circulate future details of the next consultation arrangements. |
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Members reports: None |
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Correspondence: The Clerk and Chairman will attend a workshop on emergency planning/flood risk and report back to the next meeting. |
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Date of next meeting: Tuesday 17th March 2026 |
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The Chairman closed the meeting 19.57 |
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Signed:……………………………………………….. Date:……………………..